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J. M. L. I-IADDORII 8u H. F. H. EGGERSQ STIRRUP.

No. 545,796. 4 Patented Sept. 3, 1895.

Nrrnn STATES c JOHANN MARTIN LUDWIG I-IADDORF AND HINRICI-I FRIEDERICI-I HERMANN EGGERS, OF LBECK, GERMANY SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,796, dated September 3, 1895.

Application filed October 5,'1894.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, JOHANN MARTIN LD- wie HADDoRr and HINRICH FRIEDERIGH HERMANN EGGERS, residing in the free city of Lubeck, in the Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stirrups; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same. Y

This invention is for a saddle-stirrup, the obj ect thereof being to prevent the riders foot from being caught and entangled therein in the event of accident from falling o the horse.

The construction of the stirrup is such that the foot rest or bar will open and allow the foot to escape therefrom when turned in the stirrup.

In order to understand our invention, attention is directed to the accompanying views, in which Figure l is a front view, partly in section, of the stirrup while closed. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same while open; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of Fig. l, taken through the center thereof.

The general form of the stirrup is the same as that ordinarily used, the only dierence lying in the fact that .in our form of stirrup the several parts are jointed together in such a manner as to allow the tread to be released when desired.

The part a, which forms a suspension-loop, carries by means of the hinge i one side of the stirrup and by means of the joint le the bar or tread c thereof.

The parts b and c are connected together by a fastening, to be presently described. The sides a and b of the stirrup are connected together by the multiple-jointed bar formed of the parts e, e,f, f', and g, secured together, as shown. rIhe separate parts are connected by pivots in such a way that the cross-bar may bend from the center upward toward the point of suspension of the stirrup, which will draw the two sides a and o together. The center of this crossbar is secured to a spring- Serial No. 525,051. (No model.)

plate CZ, located above the instep of the riders foot. This plate d, upon being elevated, will elevate the bar g, which will tend, by means of the bars e e' ff', to move the part b toward the part a, which will release the tread c from the side b by means of the catch becoming disengaged from its fastening. This catch consists of a rod p, secured within an opening in the lower extremity of the side b. Near the lower portion of this rod is a small hole l engaging with'an adjustable screw o,secured to the tread c. Surrounding/the pin p is a spiral spring t, bearing against a small disk t2 surrounding the pin. This disk is prevented from dropping off by means of a small pin t.

In orderl t0 give greater security for the rider and to prevent his foot from slipping from the tread of the stirrup, I preferably make use of a button or pin 71., placed within the center of the tread c. This pin is kept normally elevated by means of the spiral spring e, placed within a box or receptacle m below the tread.

The operation of the device is as follows: It will be seen that if the parts are in engage ment, as in Fig. l, the pressure being applied upward upon the plate d by the turning of the rideris foot, will tend to elevate the center of 'the horizontal jointed bar, which, acting in the form of a toggle-lever, will draw the parts a and b together, which will release the screw o from the opening within the pin p. The spiral spring t being depressed will now be allowed to expand and the disk t2 will bear against the top of the opening within the tread o." This will separate the tread from the sides of the stirrup and will allow the riders foot to slip out from the bottom, and will avoid all possibility of entanglement with thevstirrup.

Having now described our invention, what we claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

In a safety stirrup, the parta having a side b hinged theretonear the top, and the tread c hinged at the bottom thereof, a horizontal bar connecting the parts a and b, and formed of the separate jointed links e, e', f, f and g,

the guard plate d bearing against these sev- In Witness whereof We hereunto set our eral parts and so arranged that upon pressure hands in presence of two witnesses. being applied upward upon the plate CZ, the JOHANN MARTIN LUDWIG IIADDORF. vparts a and b will be advanced together, and IIINRICH FRIEDERICII HERMANN EGGERS. 5 a catch p with a springt arranged thereon Witnesses:

for depressing the tread, substantially as de- J. J. BRUHN,

scribed, ANTON FOX. 

